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1、REFERENCE0190594^.VPUBUCUBBARViTTiiTfi49013333301196OLD-WORLDJAPANOld-WorldJapanLegendsoftheLandoftheGods**Re-toldbyFrankRinder*WithIllustrationsbyT.H.RobinsonIS.TheofspiritisastheJapanfragranceofthewildcherry-ia/ID,''tfee!''idawnofthe'rsngsun,'tVi>i.London:GeorgeAllen
2、156CharingCrossRoad1895TIENEWYORKPUBLICLIBRARYG^0ASTORLENOXANDTILDENFOUNDATIONSO,i,.,PrintedbyBallantyne,Hanson&Co.AttheBallantynePressPrefaceTTISTORYandmythology,factandfable,arecloselyinterwoveninthetextureoflifeanditisJapanesethought;indeed,withinrelativelyrecentyea
3、rsonlythatexactcomparativecriticismhasbeenable,withsomedegreeofaccuracy,todividetheonefromtheother.TheaccountsoftheGod-period.contain^mtheKojikiandtheNihongj^-T'^RecQidsofAncientMatters"compiled,in'the,"eighthcenturyoftheChristianeia'profess:tooutlinetheeventsofthevast
4、cyclesofyearsfromthetimeofAme-no-mi-naka-nushi-no-kami'sbirthinthePlainofHighHeaven,''whentheearth,youngandlikeuntofloatingoil,driftedaboutmedusa-like,"tothedeathoftheEmpressSuiko,A.D.628.PREFACEThefirstsixtalesinthislittlevolumearefoundedonsomeofthemostsignificantandp
5、icturesqueincidentsofthisGod-period.TheopeninglegendgivesabriefrelationofthebirthofseveralofthegreatShintodeities,ofthecreationofJapanandoftheworld,oftheOrpheus-likedescentofIzanagitoHades,andofhissubsequentfightwiththedemons.ThatChinesecivilisationhasexercisedaprofoun
6、dinfluenceonthatofJapan,cannotbedoubted.AscholarofreputehasindicatedthatevidenceofthisistobefoundeveninwritingssoearlyastheKojikiandtheNihongi.Togive^asingle^instanceonly:~*fr'*'*thecurvedof-whichtIh'-aremarkablejewels,necklaceofAma-terasuwasmade,haveneverbeenfoundinJa
7、pan,whereas.thestonesarenotuncommoninChina!.Thisisnottheplacecriticallytocon-siderthewealthofmyth,legend,fable,andfolk-taletobefoundscatteredthrough-ooutJapaneseliterature,andrepresentedinJapaneseart:sufficeittosay,thattothestudentandtheloverofprimitiveVIPREFACEromance
8、,thereareherevastfieldspracticallyunexplored.Thetalescontainedinthisvolumehavebeenselectedwithaviewrathertotheirbeaut
